Friday Highlights

Four tournaments around the state started off on Friday as two ranked teams lost in the first round of tournaments in day one. Signal The Light Basketball’s 7th ranked Southern California team San Diego City College were upended by Victor Valley 77-75 at the Citrus Tournament. In Northern California, 9th ranked Feather River went down to tournament host Diablo Valley 77-65. Below you can find a breakdown of each tournament.

Palomar Tournament – San Marcos, CA

In game one of the Palomar Tournament, Los Angeles Trade Tech (2-3) overcame a 7 point half time deficit and beat San Diego Miramar 79-77 in first round action. Antonio Singleton exploded for 32 points on 12 of 14 shooting from the field, and Charles Watts added 14 points for the Beaevrs in the win. In the second game, 4th ranked Saddleback (7-1) knocked off undefeated Los Angeles Harbor 68-50. In other first round action, Shawn Lathan scored 20 points, and Stephon Lott added 16 points as 10th ranked Southwestern (5-2) beat Los Angeles Southwest 84-67. In the last game of the day, host school Palomar (4-1) won its third consecutive game over St. Katherine 85-58. Jeremy Franklin led the Comets with 16 points and 8 rebounds, and Ryan Schaefer added 12 for Palomar. In todays action beginning at 1pm, San Diego Miramar (4-3) will face Los Angeles Harbor (2-1), followed by Los Angeles Southwest against St. Katherine. In the winners bracket, 4th ranked Saddleback will battle against Los Angeles Trade Tech (2-3), and tournament host Palomar (4-1) will face off against 10th ranked Southwestern (5-2).

Josue Salaam scored 15 points and Chris Sterling added 14 points and 9 rebounds as 3rd ranked San Jose City College (5-1) beat Contra Costa 81-62. In other first round action, Sierra College (3-3) moved back to .500 with a win over West Hills 76-50. Las Positas beat Solano 82-67, and Diablo Valley (2-4) beat 9th ranked Feather River 77-65. Jarrell Tate had 23 points in the loss for Feather River (5-2). In today’s action Contra Costa will face West Hills, and Solano will take on Feather River in the losers bracket. In the winners bracket, San Jose will take on Sierra and Las Positas will take on tournament host Diablo Valley at 8pm.

Renegade Thanksgiving Classic – Bakersfield, CA

Deandre Dickson continued to stay hot in his freshman campaign as Dickson scored 24 points and had 11 rebounds to lead 15th ranked Bakersfield (4-1) over Barstow 74-68. In the second game of the tournament Los Angeles Pierce (4-2) beat Porterville 66-63 in overtime. Adam Armstead had 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals in the loss for Porterville (0-5). In the last game of the day, 2nd ranked Merritt (6-1) beat Fullerton 76-66. Jovantae Carlton scored 14 points and had 6 rebounds, and Denzel Bellot added 8 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assist for Merritt in the win. In today’s action Los Angeles Pierce will take on Barstow, Fullerton College (1-5) will take on Porterville College, and 15th ranked Bakersfield will face 2nd ranked Merritt.

In other action today, the Cabrillo tournament will begin. 4th ranked Lassen (9-1) will look to be the first team in the state to win 10 games as they will face off against 13th ranked Columbia (4-1). In the second game, tournament host Cabrillo (2-4) will take on Butte (4-1) at 2:30pm.

College of the Redwoods (3-3) will travel to 8th ranked Canada (5-1). Santa Monica (2-3) will host Mt. San Jacinto (4-3) at 3pm.